Input

Your spreadsheet

Engraved from the file, never retyped

Plastic

Multilayer

1/16 and 1/8 in engraving stock · CO₂ laser

Metal

Brass · stainless

And anodized aluminum · marked on a 30 W fiber laser

Turnaround

1-day quote

Ships 5–10 business days after approval and payment

Nameplates and valve tags are ordered late, because the schedule is not final until the equipment is set. Then they go to a local engraver who retypes the schedule by hand. Line 212 comes back reading LP-2B instead of LP-2A, the emergency panels come back black instead of orange, and the punch walk finds it.

We engrave directly from your spreadsheet. The proof you approve is generated from the same file that drives the laser, so what you checked is what gets cut, and a corrected row is a corrected tag rather than a new phone call.

Retyped by hand

Typos land on tags, colors drift from the spec, tags arrive in one bag, and the crew sorts four hundred pieces on a tailgate.

Engraved from the file

A proof of every tag for the submittal, tags in schedule order, packed and labeled by floor, system or panel as you choose.

Electrical nameplates

Switchboard, panelboard, transformer, disconnect, MCC and ATS nameplates: designation, voltage, and the source the equipment is fed from. Color by system as your section requires — normal, emergency, standby, UPS — with blank plates for spares and spaces.

Mechanical & plumbing equipment labels

AHUs, pumps, boilers, chillers, fans, VAV boxes, water heaters and control panels, engraved with the tag and service your schedule assigns, in engraving plastic or brass.

Valve tags

Round or square brass, stainless or aluminum tags with the system abbreviation and valve number, on pre-holed blanks sized for the chain or S-hook your section names. Engraving plastic tags where the spec allows them.

Engraved warning signs

Multiple-source, backfeed, “equipment fed from” and access warnings on engraving plastic, laid out to your section. Where a section cites ANSI Z535.4, we engrave your approved layout; we do not certify conformance. Where your arc-flash study calls for rigid engraved placards, we engrave the label content from the study.

Valve schedule panels

The valve chart for the mechanical room wall, UV-printed on rigid white panel behind a clear acrylic face, with mounting holes routed, from the same schedule the tags came from.

1  Send

The identification section, the schedule as a spreadsheet, quantities, and the date the punch walk is scheduled.

2  Quote

One number within a business day, with anything in the schedule that conflicts with the section flagged before you order.

3  Submittal

A PDF proof of every tag generated from your file, the material data, and a physical sample if the engineer wants one. You submit; nothing is engraved until it is approved.

4  Ship

Engraved, packed in schedule order and labeled by floor, system or panel, with fasteners counted in.

Columns

Tag ID, then each engraved line in its own column, then size, material or color pair, quantity, and the floor, system or panel you want it packed under. Excel or CSV.

Exactly as engraved

Type each cell the way it should read on the tag, capitals and punctuation included. We engrave the cell; we do not reinterpret it. If a row looks wrong against the section, we ask.

Matching existing tags

Adding to a building that already has a tag standard? Mail us one tag. We match size, color, font and hole pattern and proof it beside the original.

Can you engrave directly from our equipment schedule?

Yes. Send it as Excel or CSV with one row per tag and each engraved line in its own column. The proof and the laser job are both generated from that file, so the tags read exactly as the cells do and nothing is retyped.

Do you provide submittal data?

Yes: a PDF proof of every tag, the material data, and a physical sample when the engineer asks for one. You make the submittal, and nothing is engraved until it comes back approved.

What letter height and colors do you use?

Whatever your section says. Requirements genuinely differ between owners: one university spec calls for 1/2 in letters on main nameplates and 3/8 in on branch devices, while another sets 1/4 in for viewing under 24 in and 1/2 in up to 72 in. Colors by power system differ the same way. Send the section and we engrave to it.

Our spec says stamped or mechanically engraved. Is laser engraving acceptable?

That is the engineer’s call, and we make it easy to make. “Plastic for mechanical engraving” usually describes the multilayer stock, which is the same stock we laser. For brass tags written as stamped, we send a laser-engraved sample with the submittal so the engineer approves the actual part.

Do you make pipe markers?

No. ASME A13.1 color-coded pipe markers are wrap-around and snap-on products from identification suppliers, and that is where they should come from. We make the nameplates, tags, signs and valve charts in the same section.

Do you make arc-flash labels?

Where the study calls for rigid engraved placards, we engrave the label content the study provides. We do not perform, review or certify arc-flash studies, and we do not make UL 969 adhesive labels.

Will the tags hold up outdoors or in a wet mechanical room?

Metal tags are the answer there. Brass and stainless carry the mark in the metal itself, with no ink or paint to wash or weather off. For exterior or wet locations, tell us the environment; we verify the mark on a sample and recommend the material before the run.

Do you take purchase orders?

Contractors pay by card or ACH when the order is placed; a W-9 is available on request. Government agencies and schools can order on a purchase order with net terms on orders of $3,000 or more. There is a $200 minimum order.